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Kentucky governor orders cut to state gas tax amid high fuel costs

By Shepherd Snyder, WEKU

May 6, 2026

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced an emergency executive order that would lower the state’s gas tax by 10 cents.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Andy Beshear, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, gas prices, gas tax, Kentucky

Starbucks to open new corporate office in Nashville

By The Associated Press

April 21, 2026

Starbucks said it’s opening a corporate office in Nashville to support its planned U.S. expansion. The company expects to invest $100 million and employ up to 2,000 people in Tennessee over the next five years.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Starbucks, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

Two Southwest Airlines planes came dangerously close in Nashville and had to take evasive action

By The Associated Press

April 20, 2026

Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Federal Aviation Administration, Nashville International Airport, Southwest Airlines

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms

By Anusha Mathur|Sanidhya Sharma

April 20, 2026

This photo taken from high above shows a Meta data center in Ashburn, Virginia, in 2025. It is a large, long light-colored building with few windows, and it's nestled among trees and a few other buildings with a similar shape.

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It’s become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

Filed Under: Business, NPR News Tagged With: data centers, tech industry, zoning laws

‘Everybody is just on edge’: Kentucky farmer shares how Iran war is affecting his livelihood

By A Martínez, NPR

April 17, 2026

The blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has prolonged fertilizer shortages. NPR’s A Martinez asks farm owner John Halcomb how the shortage is affecting his farm and his outlook.

Filed Under: Business, NPR News Tagged With: agriculture, farming, Iran War, Walnut Grove Farms

Press Forward Middle Tennessee launches to strengthen local news

By WPLN Staff

April 9, 2026

A coalition that supports local news outlets is launching with a goal of filling information gaps in the community.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, journalism, Press Forward, Sycamore Institute

Washington County clears path for federally contracted uranium refinery in Tennessee’s oldest town

By Pierce Gentry, WUOT

March 24, 2026

The George P. Jaynes Justice Center in Jonesborough, Tenn. as seen on Monday, March 23, 2026.

The Washington County Commission approved nuclear technology company BWXT’s request to rezone part of its property for a federally-contracted high purity depleted uranium refinery.

Filed Under: Business, Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, BWX Technologies, nuclear power, rural Tennessee

Is the YIMBY movement doomed?

By Greg Rosalsky

March 2, 2026

Construction workers build new houses

For decades, rising home prices have been an engine for middle-class wealth. Now a growing movement wants to slow — or even reverse — that trend. Are the politics around new housing development inherently stacked against them?

Filed Under: Business, NPR News Tagged With: city planning, Housing, housing market, Planet Money Newsletter

Distillers set economic impact record despite tariffs, lower demand threatening growth

By Hannah Saad, WKMS

February 25, 2026

Bourbon pouring into glass

After more than a decade of expansion, the latest report from the Kentucky Distillers’ Association says decreases in demand for bourbon and other spirits brought on by trade policies and shifting consumer tastes could slow growth in one of the Bluegrass State’s signature industries.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: kentucky bourbon, tariffs

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